Whoever came up with the wise saying that Nigerian politics is dirty deserves an award for perspicacity. I have just returned from that dirtied, muddled up, confused, uncertain, unpredictable zone of Nigerian life and society with truck loads of stories in my head and enough impressions in my mind to last me another life-time. As […]
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The European Union Observation Mission to Nigeria (EOM) has narrated how Nigerian soldiers stopped them from monitoring elections in Rivers and some other states. The allegation was made when the observers their preliminary report in Abuja on Monday. Maria Arena, the chief observer, told journalists that they came to Nigeria on the invitation of the […]
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Seyi Makinde, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has emerged winner of the Oyo state gubernatorial election. He polled 515,621 votes to defeat Adebayo Adelabu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who polled 357,982 votes. The results of all the 33 local government areas of the state were announced at the collation center of […]
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Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the Lagos governorship election. Sanwo-Olu polled a total of 739,445 votes to beat his closest rival Jimmy Agbaje of the PDP who polled a total of 206,141 votes. INEC’s Returning Officer and Vice Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, noted […]
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Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state has been declared winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Declaring the result at the Independent National Electoral Commission state headquarters in Abakaliki, the State Returning Officer, Chukwuemeka Eze, said Mr Umahi garnered 393,343 votes across the 13 local governments areas of the state. His closest challenger, Sonni […]
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The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has congratulated Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for emerging winner of the Kwara State governorship elections. Mr Abdulrasaq won the March 9 elections with 331,546 to beat his closest rival, the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Razaq Atunwa, who scored 114,754 votes. In a message […]
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A yet-to-be identified Nigerian was among the 157 dead victims of the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 Max that crashed this morning shortly after take-off in Addis Ababa. The plane billed for Nairobi had 32 Kenyans on board, the largest group of nationals in the ill-fated plane. There were 33 different nationalities on board with […]
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The Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA) says two suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers were killed on Sunday after a botched attack on Gulak, headquarters of Madagali Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Dr Muhammed Suleiman, Executive Secretary of the agency disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola […]
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Prince Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress appears to be heading to victory in the governorship election held in Ogun state on Saturday, just like his counterparts in Lagos, Kaduna, Kwara, Kebbi, Sokoto and Bauchi States. Victory is being predicted as results began coming in from the various polling booths. However, the opposition Peoples […]
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Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila’s centre-right government resigned on Friday after failing to push through a flagship social and health care reform package, just five weeks ahead of a legislative election. There has been a hard-fought struggle for the wide-reaching reform for over a decade, dividing successive governments. Sipila called the failure to pass the […]
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